The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-20
Railway Brakemen. now in session at Bing-

Railway Brakemen. now in session at Bing-
hamton N. Y.
One cent Der mile was the ruling rate in nearly
all directions yesterday.
The G.. II. & l.. at the Rushville fair, last
week, handled 1892 passengers on Wednesday
and 5, 1872 on Thursday.
Notice is given that the Memphis branch of
the St Louis g. Iron Mountain has been opened
for business as far az Wynne, Ark.
Most OF the roads will. this week, hold their
hour or more to accommodate the State fair
travel.
A corps of engineers are locating the proposed
branch of the L.. y. A. & G. road from Balm
bridge to Brazil. The branch will cross the i.
& St. L. at Coal Bluffs
There are now employed regularly on the c..
l.. St. L. & c. road. in the various branches of
service. 2,700 men. The pay OF the employees is
about the same as ten years ago.
Ora Clark, train-dispatcher at Peru. has been
promoted to the position OF chief train-dis-
patcher of the Chicago division of the Wabash
road, headquarters at Forest, Ill.
A special meeting of the stockholders of the
Eastern Illinois &, Indiana State-line road has
been called for Oct 81. An effort will be made
TO instili new life into the enterprise.
The Aurora branch of the c., l., St L. & G. road
will be opened for business Oct g. On that
date passenger and freight trains will be put
to run at hours which will accommodate the
business men OF that thriving town.
The Terre Haute car-works have fully recov-
cred from their damages through the partial
burning of their buildings and last week turned
out eighry-five box cars for the Chicago & North
western road and twenty five coal cars for the
Vandalia-
NJ. r. Spelman. general superintendent of
the New Orleans & Gulf road, better known
the Shell Beach road, is in the city for the pur-
pose Of comforting with John r. Elder, president
of the company, regarding a further extension
of the road.
Geo. Washington Smith, until recently gen.
eraI passenger agent of the Lake Erie g. West
ern, has dropped out of railroadipg and is now
the agent of the International Land Company,
which proposes to colonize the peninsula of low
er California
j. d. Laying, president Of the Decline, Gay
lord Beach. general manager, and other officials
accompanying them. left St. Louis last night,
route for Cincinnati. Their coaches will be
hauled from indianapolis to Cincinnati over the
c.. l., ST. L. g. c.
The long-talked-of new Pullman parlor-cars,
which the L., N. A. & @. were to put on in con
nection with the c.. Fl. G. l. between Chicago
and Cincinnati, were placed the line yester-
day, and to say that they are as fine parlorcars
as run over Indianapolis roads, is no ex-
aggeration-
1t is more than probable that the ground
which the Vandalis freigh. depot stands will be
turned over to the Union Railway Company. and
they in turn will give the Vandalia the ground on
the north of the Union tracks which they own
President Mckeen expresses willingness to do
anything that is right in the matter.
The September term of the United States
Judges Brewer and Thayer on the bench. The
judges handed down opinion fixing the COM
pensaton to the Wabash receivers, Scion
Humphreys and Thomas r. Tut, at 900
each. The master. Edmund II. Allen, some
months ago, recommended SIP. 500 each.
President Leonard, of the unfortunate Toledo,
Peoria q Western road. says that while the
damages claimed from the sufferers in the late
Chatsworth disaster are appalling the directors
seem to have made up their minds that the
property is worth saving, even at the cost of
half million damages. He thinks the affairs of
the company look more hopeful than at any time
since the disaster.
Everything points to the Wabash road re-
naming in the hands of q receiver for many
months to come: All the essential points of a
refundng plan had been agreed upon between
the purchasing committee and the bankers who
proposed to furnish the money, but the latter
asked for certain guarantees which the pur-
chasing committee were unable to furnish, and
the negotiations have been dropped.
Property holders the South Side are very
much tried that some power does not take hold
of the c., II. g. l. company and force them TO
send their long trains around the Belt road in
stead Of over the Union tracks. this being the
only road which dsfies the authority of the Un-
ion Railway Com pany and the city in this matter.
Only last Saturday. Superin tsndent Whtcomb
called the superintsndents and yard masters to-
gether and in respectful manner asked them
to as far as possible during this week to relieve
the Union tracks of freight cuts, and ny all
means to send through business around
the Belt road. In the face of this reasonable
Union track cut which four squares In
length and kept four street crossing blockaded for
forty minutes There seems to be excuse for
such obstlnacy on the part OF this company. aud
the South Side people will now appeal to the city
authorities to take some action in the matter.